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In the absence of Government dairies which can only bs establish- 

 ed in the larger towns, a more rigid control b3th from the hygienic and 

 analytical point of view is the alternative, if pure milk of a good quality 

 is to be obtained. 



If one may judge of the effect of such control by the results of 

 analyses and the reduction of convictions obtained for adulteration, 

 my opinion is that such control is sufficient to ensure milk of a 

 good quality from our local cattle. 



Such control can now be carried out in most districts in the F. M. 

 S. by the appointment of health officers and sanitary inspectors as is 

 now being done. The health officer can train his inspectors sufficiently 

 to carry out a routine milk analysis with the outlay of only a small 

 sum on apparatus etc., and in many places the District Surgeons who 

 are also District Health Officers holding the Diploma of Public Health 

 are already qualified. With a good train service milks can be sampled, 

 sealed and despatched to the nearest central statiou for analysis quite 

 easily in many cases without any danger of becomingsouron the way (sour 

 milks require a much more elaborate analysis to obtain accurate results) 

 as I have found by experience. Samples collosted in the morning 

 probably about 6 a.m., despatched from Soremban Station at 6.15 p. m., 

 and arrriving at Kuala Lumpor at 8.38 by train and received in the 

 laboratory about 9.30 a.m., or later have been quite satisfactory, after 

 travelling a distance of nearly 50 miles and not having been packed in 

 ice. 



Samples collected in Klang about 6.30 a.m., a distance of over 20 

 miles, and received in the laboratory sometimes as late as midday and 

 analysed in the afternoon have also travelled without becoming sour on 

 they way, although not packed in ice. 



Even in cases where samples have to be despatched over longer dis- 

 tances the addition of a few drops of formalin or other preservative 

 would not interfere with the analysis if the additions were made by 

 some reputable person. 



B. J. Eaton, 

 Government Chemist, F. M. S. 



